Due to shortage of chips, Japanese physical Suica watermelon cards and PASMO transportation cards will be suspended from sale on June 8.

CTOnews.com June 2 news, IT home friends who have been to Japan should have a certain impression of Suica and PASMO transportation cards. These two kinds of transportation cards can be used to take most of Japan's transportation vehicles, similar to the domestic "cross-linked card."

Today, JR East Japan announced that due to "chip shortage around the world," card manufacturers cannot purchase the necessary IC chips, so Suica and PASMO cards will stop selling physical cards from June 8. JR East Japan did not say when they will resume selling these two physical transportation cards.

▲ Source JR East Japan Company CTOnews.com After inquiry, it is known that the transportation cards currently stopped selling are only limited to the green watermelon cards commonly used by Japanese people, while the red watermelon cards for foreigners can still be purchased normally. If you want to visit Japan in the near future, you can also open virtual watermelon cards and PASMO cards on your mobile phone.